It’s a tricky time for corporations. President Trump won the Electoral College election by roughly 77,000 votes scattered across three states (less than 1percentof the vote in each of those states). His core demographic is not one that most consumer product goods companies see as attractive older, less educated, whiter…
Author: Luke Visconti, Chairman, DiversityInc
Archived: Sorry and Ashamed
I was at the supermarket yesterday and I could tell from her garb (and accent) the middle-aged woman bagging my groceries was a Muslim immigrant. She asked if I needed help to my car and, when I heard the kindness in her voice, my grandmother popped into my head so…
Archived: AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson Forthrightly Addresses Current Racial Tensions, Says ‘the dialogue must start with me’
Addressing 1,700 resource group members, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson discusses all the tough issues and in an honest, forthright, personal and humble way. In this talk, Randall Stephenson forthrightly addresses Black men being shot, police being shot, BLM (his discussion of BLM is better than any I’ve ever seen or…
Archived: John Stumpf and Wells Fargo
Taking a holistic look at acompany and CEO As expected, our recent article on Wells Fargo drew a critical response bashing John Stumpfand management. It’s all fun and games to beat up on John Stumpf now, but when our country needed him in the depth of the financial crisis when…
Archived: Trump May Win If You Don’t Vote
Only one candidate directly addressed the coalition of Black, Latino and white citizens who elected Barack Obama twice — Donald Trump. We are facing the choice between two flawed candidates, but one of them is a monster. Donald Trump exploited customers, contractors, business partners, wives and the man who was…
Archived: Enough is Enough
It’s time for responsible Republican leaders to publicly disavow this monster. Enough is enough. It’s time that Republican senators, representatives, governors and party leaders stop hiding behind the curtains and get this guy off the stage. There is no hiding behind the message that was delivered on Tuesday — if…
Archived: Is DiversityInc (or BLM) to Blame for our Country’s Problems
A reader named Julie posted this comment on an article this morning: “Luke, you are the problem with what happened in Dallas last night. People like you that love to race bait and divide Americans are to blame for 5 police officers being shot. You are creating a hostile, angry…
Archived: Speaker Ryan is Soliciting
Speaker Paul Ryan said he was “not ready” to endorse Trump. Yet. Now we know what his real profession is — we don’t need to find out what the price is going to be; we need to drive everyone like him out of office. There’s no secret about what the…
Archived: Q&A: Hilton Worldwide President & CEO Christopher J. Nassetta
Christopher J. Nassetta President and Chief Executive Officer, Hilton Worldwide DIVERSITYINC CEO LUKE VISCONTI: I have seen, with your company and several others who have a large number of hourly workers, a real drive amongst the best and brightest to enhance the lives of the lowest earners in the company….
Archived: Trump's Party Says No to the Uppity N-word Obama
“Daring” to make a nomination for the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, President Barack Obama was put in his place by Senate Majority Leader McConnell who said “let the people decide” before Scalia’s body was even room temperature — ignoring the fact that the…